Supercharged_Z06
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Could use some good subjective advice here from some of you that are running the latest and greatest gen GPU hardware out there!
I've been saving up to do a GPU upgrade for quite some time now... currently still running a pair of heavily overclocked, water blocked SLI'ed GTX 480's.
I do not have a multi-LCD setup, just running a single 30" Dell U3011 display (2560x1600).
Right now, my SLI'ed 480's are still running great, but they simply can't hold up as to frame rate when eye candy is maxed in some of the latest games and the limited amount of VRAM is also holding things back a bit when it comes to textures.
When the GTX 780 first arrived last year, I seriously considered upgrading, but after looking at benchmarks, I realized that performance gains wouldn't be all that huge by upgrading to a single GTX 780... perhaps a 20% gain overall at best, so I held off.
Now that I've finally saved up enough dosh in the toy chest fund to consider upgrading and with the release of the GTX 780Ti, the upgrade itch has hit hard again. In wanting a huge performance increase, I'm also thinking that I'll need to go SLI when I upgrade as well.
My dilemma: I can purchase 3x GTX 780 cards and go tri-SLI for roughly the same price as a 2x GTX 780Ti SLI setup. ($1500 vs $1400)
I have plenty of case room (Corsair 800D), a motherboard that is tri-SLI capable (ASUS Maximus IV Extreme) and a pretty beefy power supply (Enermax Maxrevo 1350W) so I can easily handle going either route... but if I am driving a single 30" display, is this complete and utter overkill? (I'm also contemplating going 4K as to a new monitor a year or two down the road once the refresh rates in the newer LCD hardware can handle/support 60Hz or better...)
So, what should I go with as to driving my current display with an eye to the future?
Should I instead just go with a pair of GTX 780's and call it a day? Or even a single GTX 780Ti and just stick it out and wait for Maxwell to arrive later this year?
I've been saving up to do a GPU upgrade for quite some time now... currently still running a pair of heavily overclocked, water blocked SLI'ed GTX 480's.
I do not have a multi-LCD setup, just running a single 30" Dell U3011 display (2560x1600).
Right now, my SLI'ed 480's are still running great, but they simply can't hold up as to frame rate when eye candy is maxed in some of the latest games and the limited amount of VRAM is also holding things back a bit when it comes to textures.
When the GTX 780 first arrived last year, I seriously considered upgrading, but after looking at benchmarks, I realized that performance gains wouldn't be all that huge by upgrading to a single GTX 780... perhaps a 20% gain overall at best, so I held off.
Now that I've finally saved up enough dosh in the toy chest fund to consider upgrading and with the release of the GTX 780Ti, the upgrade itch has hit hard again. In wanting a huge performance increase, I'm also thinking that I'll need to go SLI when I upgrade as well.
My dilemma: I can purchase 3x GTX 780 cards and go tri-SLI for roughly the same price as a 2x GTX 780Ti SLI setup. ($1500 vs $1400)
I have plenty of case room (Corsair 800D), a motherboard that is tri-SLI capable (ASUS Maximus IV Extreme) and a pretty beefy power supply (Enermax Maxrevo 1350W) so I can easily handle going either route... but if I am driving a single 30" display, is this complete and utter overkill? (I'm also contemplating going 4K as to a new monitor a year or two down the road once the refresh rates in the newer LCD hardware can handle/support 60Hz or better...)
So, what should I go with as to driving my current display with an eye to the future?
Should I instead just go with a pair of GTX 780's and call it a day? Or even a single GTX 780Ti and just stick it out and wait for Maxwell to arrive later this year?